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NRA Vice President Releases Racially Charged Manifesto
The National Rifle Association is doing all that it can to counter the rising gun-control movement. In a recent op-ed published by Daily Caller titled “Stand and Fight,” NRA Executive Vice President...
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Morehouse College Shooting Impacts Campus Culture
ATLANTA – Last week’s shooting at Morehouse College did not garner the media attention of the Newtown, Conn., massacre or other gun-related violence – particularly in Chicago – that has been pervasive...
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Young Girl Killed Same Day Her Sister Attends Obama Speech
The violence plaguing Chicago is raging on as a teenage girl was killed on the very same day her sister sat behind President Obama as he spoke about gun violence. Janay McFarlane was only 18-years-old...
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Brute Who Maced Six Year Old Turns Himself In
The man who violently beat a man before macing both him and his six-year-old daughter gave himself up to police after the surveillance footage went viral. It’s yet another case of a grown man having no...
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4 Dead, 3 Hurt in Orange County Shooting Spree
A shooting spree that spanned 25 miles in Orange County, Calif., has left four people dead, including the gunman. Ali Syed, 20, reportedly shot and killed a young woman in her 20s at his parents’ home...
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Suspect Named in Las Vegas Strip Shooting
A suspect has been identified in the Las Vegas shooting that claimed three lives on Thursday. Police have named Ammar Harris as the alleged shooter, a man with previous arrests for kidnapping, sexual...
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NRA To African-Americans: You’ll Need Guns To Protect Yourselves
The National Rifle Association has apparently begun its previously mentioned initiative to reach minority audiences, announcing that Youtube celebrity and self-described “urban gun enthusiast” Colion...
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Chicago Violence Invades Hip-Hop: 7 Shot at Album Release Party
As Chicago continues to suffer widespread violence, the city’s hip-hop culture has come to reflect the harsh reality of life there. On Wednesday night however, the violence extended beyond the music,...
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Kimani Gray’s Mother Refuses NYC Mayor’s Condolences
Family, friends and supporters mourned Kimani Gray at his funeral Saturday, two weeks after the 16-year-old was shot and killed by plainclothes police officers. Services for the teen were held at St....
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Gun Control Momentum Slowing Down, New Poll Finds
Three months removed from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, America’s feelings on gun control have softened, according to a new survey released Tuesday. In the weeks after the shooting in...
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Hadiya Pendleton Murder Suspects Plead Not Guilty
Suspects Kenneth Williams (left) and Michael Ward, the alleged trigger man. Two men charged with the shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton a mile from President Obama’s home in Chicago entered...
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More Arrests in Murder Case of 13-Month-Old Boy
Karimah Aisha Elkins Georgia police have charged three family members of a suspect in the death of a 13-month-old boy last week with lying to authorities in an attempt to provide an alibi. Two...
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Chicago Teen Charged With Grandfather’s Murder
A Chicago teen was charged with the murder of his grandfather, who was shot six times in the back March 2. William Strickland, 19, reportedly confessed to stealing his grandfather’s gun and using it to...
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China Slams US Human Rights Record on Racism, Gun Violence, Health Care
After the United States released a report last week that lashed China for widespread human rights violations, the Chinese government turned the tables on the U.S. today and issued its own report on the...
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5 people Shot to Death in Manchester, Ill.
Manchester, il – Five people are dead and one injured as a result of a shooting in the tiny southern Illinois town of Manchester, the mayor confirmed in a television interview on Wednesday. “We got...
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Chicago Mayor Emanuel Cites Progress in Reducing Gun Violence
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel still acknowledges progress in the city’s efforts to reduce gun violence in Chicago. But, he says he’s concerned about the spate of violence overnight, reports WBBM Political...
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Youth Homicide Rates Decline, But Young Blacks Still in Crosshairs
Although youth homicide rates reached a 30-year low nationally in 2010, the rate for black youth is still far higher than for other groups, according to findings released by the Centers for Disease...
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In the Midst of Chicago Violence, PTSD Emerges As Equalizer for Victims on...
Gun violence in Chicago has caused the city to experience about 2,000 shootings each year and more than 300 murders, but each shooting has the potential to leave behind another type of victim that is...
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The Country in the Mirror: Are Modern Day Police Forces Just A Sad Reflection...
The perception of police forces across the country changed drastically in the 20th century but perhaps the scariest thing about the images of racist, sexist, violent officers aggressively patrolling...
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